Hooters opens 'Hoots' concept without skimpy outfits

[QChawks]

Hooters Management Corp., a licensee of Hooters of America, says it opened a restaurant Monday that doesn't feature waitresses in tight tops. It says the "Hoots" restaurant outside Chicago has people ordering at the counter rather than at tables, from male and female employees. Neil Kiefer, CEO of Hooters Management Corp., says the restaurant in Cicero, Illinois, is a test and it will serve only about a dozen menu items, including chicken wings.

The move comes as the restaurant industry faces flat customer traffic, though fast-food places are expected to steal business from sit-down chains, according to The NPD Group.

The U.S. had 337 Hooters restaurants in 2015, down from 340 in 2014, industry tracker Technomic said.

 

[TJ8869]

If Hooters wants my business then the best way to do it is to start serving Chipotle burritos.

 

[markfromj]

The move comes as the restaurant industry faces flat customer traffic.

This explains it. Less endowed customers don't want busty women thrown in their faces.

 

[McLovin32]

Uhhh no thanks. I don't go to Hooters because of how good their food is.

 

[unIowa]

Why...what is the point of said restaurant????

 

[naturalmwa]

Uhhh no thanks. I don't go to Hooters because of how good their food is.

Exactly. So now you get all the social stigma of going to hooters, with none of the payoff of seeing hooters and getting flirted with. Pass.

 

[BubsFinn]

* see the Playboy Showing Nude Photos Again thread.
Seriously, the industry is moving toward a fewer-employee model and the way to do that is counter service instead of table service. The novelty of the breastaurant wore off ten years ago.

 

[QChawks]

pussifucation

 

[SeaPA]

That has to be from The Onion, right?

 

[Huey Grey]

So basically they will be another Applebees?

 

[The Tradition]

So basically they will be another Applebees?

It said counter service. It's basically a fast food version.

 

[iahawks10]

Why...what is the point of said restaurant????

Really expensive exlax?

 

[NDallasRuss]

That has to be from The Onion, right?

It's from 2.5 years ago. I've never seen one, so I'm guessing the idea never really took off.

 

[ANYCHawk]

yes

no

 

[FAUlty Gator]

In other news, Churchill Downs is going to stop allowing wagering and just let people enjoy the horses running around the track.

 

[Lone Clone]

The only time I went to a Hooters, the waitresses were flat-chested and they didn't serve alcohol. It was a Sunday in Illinois, I forget the town.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

It kills the only thing they have going for them.

 

[rchawk]

Hooters was once an over-priced trendy thing. Like many trendy things it's time is passing.

 

[jasonrann]

Family friendly place called "Hoots"? Well done.

 

[ggmike1992]

The one in Tally was close to my apartment in college (early 90’s) so it was my go-to place to watch away games. That was until I got some undercooked wings. Haven’t gone to one since.

 

[QChawks]

Save Hooters!!

 

[potato_in_my_anus]

My kids won't want to go there.

 

[potato_in_my_anus]

Why...what is the point of said restaurant????

It's a restaurant for people that read Playboy for the articles.

 

[irunlikeAcieEarl]

Has nobody told Hooter's that their food is terrible?

 

[TJ8869]

My favorite things about Hooters remains the fact that they purchased a giant ad on the centerfield wall at the Phillies' spring training stadium in Clearwater in 1994. Lynne Austin was the original Hooters girl and was married to Darren Daulton for several years before filing for divorce shortly before the start of spring training in 1994.

How would you like to have to play baseball every day while looking at a giant picture of your soon-to-be-ex-wife?

 

[BelemNole]

Their wing are better than bw3. I’d grab lunch from hoots every now and then if one was nearby.

 

[RTM58]

Smoked wings in Dayton Sauce are pretty outstanding.

Good enough for Bobby D, good enough for me.....



My bartender:

A local fisherwoman:


https://www.instagram.com/southflhooters/

 

[The_Joker13]

Has nobody told Hooter's that their food is terrible?

You must have had some bad luck, because their food, especially their wings are very good. My old lady(no pics) will go there with me anytime cuz she likes the food.

 

[QChawks]

You must have had some bad luck, because their food, especially their wings are very good. My old lady(no pics) will go there with me anytime cuz she likes the food.

I agree, there food is actually pretty decent, albeit a tad over-priced. However, I feel you are paying a bit more for the beautiful scenery. Although if that the scenery goes away the meal price should drop.

 

[irunlikeAcieEarl]

You must have had some bad luck, because their food, especially their wings are very good. My old lady(no pics) will go there with me anytime cuz she likes the food.

Must have, I'very been to the one in the Mall of America and been to the one in Maryland Heights, MO. Both times their food was not very good and haven't been to one since.

 

[Bonerfarts]

pussifucation

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Curious how this is pussification? Their numbers are down and are trying something new to boost sales. No one whined and cried for them to force them to change outfits. This was a market correction. If anything, the pussification are the whiners complaining about the change.

 

[The Tradition]

Curious how this is pussification? Their numbers are down and are trying something new to boost sales. No one whined and cried for them to force them to change outfits. This was a market correction. If anything, the pussification are the whiners complaining about the change.

Hooters famously won a sex discrimination case brought by a male employee who was denied a waiter job. Hooters successfully argued that being an attractive female was a bona fide qualification for the job. Hooters doesn't simply sell chicken wings and beer; being served these items by a scantily-clad female server was ruled to be an integral part of the experience provided to their customers.

 

[Bonerfarts]

Hooters famously won a sex discrimination case brought by a male employee who was denied a waiter job. Hooters successfully argued that being an attractive female was a bona fide qualification for the job. Hooters doesn't simply sell chicken wings and beer; being served these items by a scantily-clad female server was ruled to be an integral part of the experience provided to their customers.

Thanks for the history lesson, Grandpa. Doesn't answer the pussification claim though, when they are voluntarily changing outfits because they think it will be more successful.

 

[Mattski]

15-20 years ago their wings were really good. Now they're about like every other chain... heated up from flash frozen garbage. Last time I went to the one in QC, every wing had freezer burn and half had busted bones.

 

[Eternal Return]

pussifucation

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Does that mean they're going to be featuring more cameltoes?

 

[Eternal Return]

In other news, Churchill Downs is going to stop allowing wagering and just let people enjoy the horses running around the track.

That's good. That's really good.

 

[WisestIowan]

Three Mile Island sauce is the best wing sauce there is.

 

[RTM58]

Hooters famously won a sex discrimination case brought by a male employee who was denied a waiter job. Hooters successfully argued that being an attractive female was a bona fide qualification for the job. Hooters doesn't simply sell chicken wings and beer; being served these items by a scantily-clad female server was ruled to be an integral part of the experience provided to their customers.

It's no Calico Jacks's.

Pink & White > Orange and White/Black

 

[torbee]

 

[TJ8869]

Mods, please permaban this jackass.